Rasselstab - World Museum Vienna, Austria - CC BY-NC-SA.
https://www.europeana.eu/de/item/15504/VO_172789
Origin: Europe, Africa
Materials: A stout pole with metal "jingles" fastened at intervals along the shaft, rags for floor protection.
Family: Percussion
Similar: Rattle stick, Rasselstab, monkey stick, mendoza, mendozer, Murrumbidgee river rattler, lagerphone, zob stick
Use: When played on a wooden floor (common in ale-houses), the sound produced is a combination of a bass drum and tambourine. It can also be played with an additional small notched or serrated stick held in the other hand, allowing it to not only be shaken or hammered onto the ground, but also "bowed" to produce a combined clicking and rattling sound.
Social context: could come from modern practice, in homage to the trained monkeys formerly used by buskers to solicit money from passersby. In Africa during religious ceremonies and war.
Link: Wikipedia